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american popular music a review of songs linked to our life 2010 session iv 1 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 workingman s blues #2 bob dylan dylan bob!modern times biographical information on bob dylan biographical information on bob dylan creole love call duke ellington w adelaide hall black and tan fantasy 1927 thunder on the mountain bob dylan dylan bob modern times squeeze me fats waller duke ellington things have changed bob dylan dylan bob the essential bob dylan we don t run willie nelson willie nelson spirit quinn the eskimo the mighty quinn bob dylan dylan bob the essential bob dylan the fisherman s hornpipe/the devil s dream the chieftains doc watson traditional further down the old plank road mr tambourine man!bob dylan dylan bob the essential bob dylan willie the hand jive eric clapton johnny otis time pieces the best of eric clapton blowin in the wind bob dylan dylan bob the essential bob dylan travelin prayer dolly parton billy joel the grass is blue unchained melody live heart a north h zaret the essential heart earl s breakdown flatt scruggs earl scruggs the essential flatt scruggs tis sweet to be remembered morning has broken bunessan e farjcon 1931 cat stevens teaser and the firecat the tracks of my tears smokey robinson the miracles marv tarplin/william robinson/warren moore time$life classic rock 1965 2 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 workingman s blues #2 bob dylan dylan bob modern times there s an evening haze settling over town starlight by the edge of the creek the buying power of the proletariat s gone down money s getting shallow and weak well the place i love best is a sweet memory it s a new path that we trod they say low wages are a reality if we want to compete abroad my cruel weapons have been put on the shelf come sit down on my knee you are dearer to me than myself as you yourself can see while i m listening to the steel rails hum got both eyes tight shut just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from creeping it s way into my gut chorus meet me at the bottom don t lag behind bring me my boots and shoes you can hang back or fight your best on the frontline sing a little bit of these workingman s blues well i m sailing on back ready for the long haul tossed by the winds and the seas i ll drag them all down to hell and i ll stand them at the wall i ll sell them to their enemies i m trying to feed my soul with thought going to sleep o the rest of the day sometimes no one wants what we got sometimes you can t give it away now the place is ringed with countless foes some of them may be deaf and dumb no man no woman knows the hour that sorrow will come in the dark i hear the night birds call i can feel a lover s breath i sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall sleep is like a temporary death chorus well they burned my barn and they stole my horse i can t save a dime i got to be careful i don t want to be forced into a life of continual crime i can see for myself that the sun is sinking how i wish you were here to see tell me now am i wrong in thinking that you have forgotten me now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret they waste your nights and days them i will forget but you i ll remember always old memories of you to me have clung you ve wounded me with your words gonna have to straighten out your tongue bob dylan is one of the most influential and at times it s all true everything you ve heard chorus controversial figures in the music world of the last five decades in you my friend i find no blame wanna look in my eyes please do over the last forty$eight years he has released forty$six albums and no one can ever claim that i took up arms against you written over five hundred songs including blowin in the wind all across the peaceful sacred fields they will lay you low the times they are a$changin like a rolling stone knockin they ll break your horns and slash you with steel i say it so it must be so on heaven s door and make you feel my love selling over 110 now i m down on my luck and i m black and blue gonna give you another chance million records around the world his songs have been covered i m all alone and i m expecting you to lead me o in a cheerful dance more than three thousand times he received an honorary i got a brand new suit and a brand new wife i can live on rice and beans doctorate of music from princeton university new jersey in 1970 some people never worked a day in their life don t know what work even means and from st andrews university scotland in 2004 chorus 3 wednesday october 20 2010

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biographical information on bob dylan song list 2010-4 bob dylan hebrew name shabtai zisel ben avrahamwas born in duluth minnesota on 24th may 1941 his paternal grandparents zigman and anna zimmerman emigrated from odessa now ukraine to the united states following the anti$semitic pogroms of 1905 he grew up in the mining town of hibbing and played in a number of rock and roll bands as a high school student in 1959 he enrolled at the university of minneapolis but left after his freshman year initially inspired by the songs of woody guthrie robert johnson hank williams and the performance style of little richard dylan acknowledged that he had been influenced by the poetry of dylan thomas in january 1961 dylan moved to new york city where he visited his idol woody guthrie in hospital and performed in folk clubs of greenwich village following a performance at new york s gerde s folk city in september dylan received public recognition through a review by critic robert shelton in the new york times dylan s talents were brought to the attention of a&r producer john hammond and in october he signed a contract with columbia records in march 1962 dylan released his first album bob dylan dylan s second album in 1963 the freewheelin bob dylan including songs like blowin in the wind and don t think twice it s alright helped establish him as a singer and songwriter he soon became an important figure in the national folk movement blowin in the wind was released by peter paul and mary and reached number two on the american music charts in july in the same month dylan performed at the newport folk festival it was also during 1963 that dylan became prominent in the civil rights movement singing at protest rallies with joan baez on 28th august he sang at the march on washington for jobs and freedom the civil rights rally at which martin luther king jr delivered his famous i have a dream speech 4 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 biographical information on bob dylan dylan felt increasingly constrained by the folk and protest movement and his fourth album another side of bob dylan released in august 1964 showed a move away from protest songs to ones of a more personal and poetic nature dylan released bringing it all back home in 1965 which included the use of electric instruments and signified his departure from folk music toward rock and roll in april dylan began a tour of britain and the hysteria surrounding him was captured in the film documentary don t look back 1965 directed by the filmmaker d a pennebaker dylan s single like a rolling stone was released on 20th july and became his first major hit five days later he performed at the newport folk festival backed by the paul butterfield blues band where he showcased his new electric sound and received a mixed response from the audience in september dylan began touring backed by the hawks who later become known as the band in april 1966 dylan began a tour of australia and europe which culminated in a raucous and notorious confrontation between the singer and fans during a concert at the manchester free trade hall in britain on 29th july near woodstock new york dylan crashed his motorcycle the band moved to woodstock the next year to be closer to dylan and he recorded with them in the basement of their house the tracks produced were widely bootlegged and only legitimately released in 1975 as the basement tapes in may 1969 dylan appeared on the first episode of johnny cash s new television show singing several songs as duets with cash dylan rejected requests to perform at the woodstock festival and instead topped the bill at england s isle of wight rock festival on 31st august in 2010 joni mitchel described dylan as a plagiarist and a fake in an interview in the los angeles times 5 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 creole love call duke ellington w adelaide hall black and tan fantasy 1927 instrumental with growling vocal no lyrics 6 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 thunder on the mountain bob dylan bob dylan modern times thunder on the mountain and there s fires on the moon a ruckus in the alley and the sun will be here soon today s the day where i m gonna grab my trombone and blow well there s hot stu here and it s everywhere i go i was thinking about alicia keys couldn t keep from crying when she was born in hell s kitchen i was living down the line i m wondering where in the world alicia keys could be i been looking for her even clear through tennessee feel like my soul is beginning to expand look into my heart and you will sort of understand you brought me here now you re trying to turn me away the writing on the wall come read it come see what it does say thunder on the mountain rolling like a drum going to sleep over there that s where the music is coming from i don t need any guide i already know the way remember this i m your servant both night and day the pistols are popping and the power is down i d like to try something but i m so far from town the sun keeps shining and the north wind keeps picking up speed gonna forget about myself for a while gonna go out and see what others need i ve been sitting down studying the art of love i think it will fit me like a glove i want some real good woman to do just what i say everybody got to wonder what s the matter with this cruel world today thunder on the mountain rolling to the ground gonna get up in the morning walk the hard road down some sweet day i ll stand beside my king i wouldn t betray your love or any other thing gonna raise me an army some tough sons of bitches i ll recruit my army from the orphanages i been to st herman s church said my religious vows i ve sucked the milk out of a thousand cows i ve got the pork chops she s got the pie she ain t no angel and neither am i shame on your greed shame on your wicked schemes i ll say this i don t give a damn about your dreams thunder on the mountain heavy as can be mean old twister bearing down on me all the ladies in washington scrambling to get out of town looks like something bad is going to happen better roll your airplane down everybody going and i want to go too don t wanna take a chance with somebody new i did all i could i did it right there and then i ve already confessed no need to confess again gonna make a lot of money gonna go up north i ll plant and i ll harvest what the earth brings forth the hammer s on the table the pitchfork s on the shelf for the love of god you ought to take pity on yourself 7 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 thunder on the mountain bob dylan bob dylan modern times thunder on the mountain and there s fires on the moon a ruckus in the alley and the sun will be here soon today s the day where i m gonna grab my trombone and blow well there s hot stu here and it s everywhere i go i was thinking about alicia keys couldn t keep from crying when she was born in hell s kitchen i was living down the line i m wondering where in the world alicia keys could be i been looking for her even clear through tennessee feel like my soul is beginning to expand look into my heart and you will sort of understand you brought me here now you re trying to turn me away the writing on the wall come read it come see what it does say thunder on the mountain rolling like a drum going to sleep over there that s where the music is coming from i don t need any guide i already know the way remember this i m your servant both night and day the pistols are popping and the power is down i d like to try something but i m so far from town the sun keeps shining and the north wind keeps picking up speed gonna forget about myself for a while gonna go out and see what others need i ve been sitting down studying the art of love i think it will fit me like a glove i want some real good woman to do just what i say everybody got to wonder what s the matter with this cruel world today thunder on the mountain rolling to the ground gonna get up in the morning walk the hard road down some sweet day i ll stand beside my king i wouldn t betray your love or any other thing gonna raise me an army some tough sons of bitches i ll recruit my army from the orphanages i been to st herman s church said my religious vows i ve sucked the milk out of a thousand cows i ve got the pork chops she s got the pie she ain t no angel and neither am i shame on your greed shame on your wicked schemes i ll say this i don t give a damn about your dreams thunder on the mountain heavy as can be mean old twister bearing down on me all the ladies in washington scrambling to get out of town looks like something bad is going to happen better roll your airplane down everybody going and i want to go too don t wanna take a chance with somebody new i did all i could i did it right there and then i ve already confessed no need to confess again gonna make a lot of money gonna go up north i ll plant and i ll harvest what the earth brings forth the hammer s on the table the pitchfork s on the shelf for the love of god you ought to take pity on yourself 7 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 · squeeze me fats waller duke ellington treat me sweet and gentle when you hold me tight just squeeze me but please don`t tease me i get sentimental when you hold me tight come and squeeze me but please don`t tease me missing you since you went away sing the blues most everyday counting the nights and longing for you i`m in the mood to let you know i never knew i loved you so please tell me that you love me too for when i get that feeling i`m in ecstasy come on squeeze me but please don`t tease me 8 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 things have changed bob dylan bob dylan the essential bob dylan a worried man with a worried mind no one in front of me and nothing behind there s a woman on my lap and she s drinking champagne got white skin got assassin s eye,s i m looking up into the sapphire tinted skies i m well dressed waiting on the last train standing on the gallows with my head in a noose any minute now i m expecting all hell to break loose [chorus people are crazy and times are strange i m locked in tight i m out of range i used to care but things have changed this place ain t doing me any good i m in the wrong town i should be in hollywood just for a second there i thought i saw something move gonna take dancing lessons do the jitterbug rag ain t no shortcuts gonna dress in drag only a fool in here would think he s got anything to prove lot of water under the bridge lot of other stuff too don t get up gentlemen i m only passing through [chorus i ve been walking forty miles of bad road if the bible is right the world will explode i ve been trying to get as far away from myself as i can some things are too hot to touch the human mind can only stand so much you can t win with a losing hand feel like falling in love with the first woman i meet putting her in a wheel barrow and wheeling her down the street [chorus i hurt easy i just don t show it you can hurt someone and not even know it the next sixty seconds could be like an eternity gonna get low down gonna fly high all the truth in the world adds up to one big lie i m in love with a woman who don t even appeal to me mr jinx and miss lucy they jumped in the lake i m not that eager to make a mistake [chorus 9 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 · we don t run willie nelson willie nelson spirit chorus we don t run we don t compromise we don t quit we never do we look for love we find it in the eyes the eyes of me and the eyes of you you are the road you are the only way i ll follow you forever more we ll look for love we ll find it in the eyes the eyes that see through all the doors there is a train that races through the night on rails of steel that reach the soul fueled by fire as soft as a candle light but it warms the heart of a love grown cold chorus words that feel words that sympathize words that heal and understand say them now let them materialize say the words throughout the land chorus 10 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 · quinn the eskimo the mighty quinn bob dylan the essential bob dylan everybody s building the big ships and boats some are building monuments others jotting down notes everybody s in despair every girl and boy but when quinn the eskimo gets here everybody s gonna jump for joy chorus oh come all without come all within you ll not see nothing like the mighty quinn come all without come all within you ll not see nothing like the mighty quinn oh you know i like to do just like the rest you know i like my sugar sweet but guarding fumes and making haste you know it ain t my cup of meat everybody s out the trees feeding pigeons all under the limb but when quinn the eskimo gets here the pigeons gonna run to him chorus a cat s meow and a cow s moo to you know i i could recite them all just tell me where it hurts you honey and i ll tell you who to call nobody can get asleep there s someone on everybody s toes when quinn the eskimo gets here everybody s gonna want to doze chorus 11 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 the fisherman s hornpipe/the devil s dream the chieftains doc watson traditional further down the old plank road instrumental no known lyrics kevin the voice and rhythm of the chieftains joined the group in 1976 replacing peadar mercier vocals now became a new element in the chieftains sound as up to this time there was no regular vocalist kevin was born in donore a rare musical suburb of dublin and one of the city s most historical places matt molloy was born in co roscommon into one of the long lines of flute players for which the area is famous he learned flute and whistle from his father was playing in the school fife and drum band at the age of eight and by eighteen had won first prize in the major traditional music competitions he moved to dublin in the early 1970 s to work for the irish national airline as an engineer paddy moloney is the founder and leader of the chieftains who plays the whistle and pipes he grew up in donnycarney north co dublin his love of irish music came from his parents native co laois and the music that surrounded him at home dubliner seán was surrounded by traditional irish music from an early age both parents were traditional fiddlers and he began playing the fiddle at a young age he attended dublin school of music where he received classical training but soon became one of ireland s most talented young fiddlers winning awards and such honours as the all-ireland championships and the fiddler of dooney competition from which he earned the title of master fiddler doc watson at the 1968 newport folk festival 12 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 mr tambourine man bob dylan dylan bob the essential bob dylan chorus hey mr tambourine man play a song for me i m not sleepy and there is no place i m going to hey mr tambourine man play a song for me in the jingle jangle morning i ll come followin you though i know that evenin s empire has returned into sand vanished from my hand left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping my weariness amazes me i m branded on my feet i have no one to meet and the ancient empty street s too dead for dreaming chorus take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin ship my senses have been stripped my hands can t feel to grip my toes too numb to step wait only for my boot heels to be wanderin i m ready to go anywhere i m ready for to fade into my own parade cast your dancing spell my way i promise to go under it chorus though you might hear laughin spinnin swingin madly across the sun it s not aimed at anyone it s just escapin on the run and but for the sky there are no fences facing and if you hear vague traces of skippin reels of rhyme to your tambourine in time it s just a ragged clown behind i wouldn t pay it any mind it s just a shadow you re seeing that he s chasing chorus then take me disappearin through the smoke rings of my mind down the foggy ruins of time far past the frozen leaves the haunted frightened trees out to the windy beach far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow yes to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free silhouetted by the sea circled by the circus sands with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves let me forget about today until tomorrow chorus 13 wednesday october 20 2010

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song list 2010-4 willie the hand jive jimmy thomas eric clapton johnny otis time pieces the best of eric clapton the hand jive is a dance i know a cat named way-out willie got a cool little chick named rocking millie particularly associated with rock and roll and rhythm and blues he can walk and stroll and susie q and do that crazy hand jive too music of the 1950s it involves a mama mama look at uncle joe doing the hand jive with sister flo complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts grandma gave baby sister a dime said do that hand jive one more time of the body following and/or [chorus hand jive hand jive hand jive do that crazy hand jive imitating the percussion doctor and a lawyer and an indian chief they all dig that crazy beat instruments it resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-away-out willie gave them all a treat when he did that hand jive with his feet cake hand moves include thigh [chorus slapping cross-wrist slapping willie and millie got married last fall they had a little willie junior and that ain t all fist pounding chest slapping and pounding hand clapping elbow well the kids got crazy and it s plain to see doing the hand jive on t.v touching and hitch hike moves [chorus the hand jive was popularized by johnny otis s 1958 hit willie and the hand jive this song exhibited the bo diddley beat a rhythm that originated in latin music and brought into mainstream american music by bo diddley it has since influenced generations of musicians 14 wednesday october 20 2010

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